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AEWBW

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The responsibility of paying for the Social Security benefits for currently retired individuals falls on
 
  A) current and future workers.
  B) the retired people themselves.
  C) no one, since the government prints the money.
  D) only working people over 50 years of age.

Question 2

If goods X and Y are substitute goods, then an increase in the price of Y, other things being equal,
 
  A) results in a decrease in the amounts of both X and Y consumed.
  B) decreases the quantity demanded of Y, but has no effect on the amount of X consumed.
  C) results in a decrease in the quantity of Y consumed, but increases the demand for X.
  D) has no real effect on the quantity demanded of good Y, but increases the demand for X.



sailorcrescent

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Answer to Question 1

A

Answer to Question 2

C



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